April 22, 2009

PChoon was extremely sweetto take me out for a nice lunch on a lazy Sunday afternoon in commemeration of my new job...

We settled for Chok Dee Thai for the good sake of trying out this place (since we're both pretty 'passionate' about Thai food)

Chok Dee Thai restaurant is housed in a moderately small establishment, but they put in a lot of good effort in their deco no less..

From the exterior...

To the interior...

Makes me feel like having Fine Dining ala Thai :)

Since PChoon is the expert, I let her 'zha feet' (take conrol of) our orders..

Our drinks - Thai honey green tea - home made (RM 3.50)

We didn't really taste any green tea to it if I recalled correctly....

Appetizer - Miang Khum (S - RM13)

This is an authentic Thai appetizer consisting of leaves, dried shrimps, peanuts, etc in special Thai sauce(My first in trying this btw)

PChoon demonstrates how to enjoy this delicacy...

Tom Yam Seafood [red soup] (S - RM 20)

Tom Yam is our all-time favourite so much so that we scrutinize and over-analyse it - conclusion : it's too sour and not hot enough

Green Curry Chicken [keow wan gai] (S - RM 13)

This was pretty good with aromas of the various curry and basil leaves etc deeply infused into the curry and chicken... I'm always fond of Green Curry and this is worth trying. I normally don't eat eggplant but the flavor's so nice with the curry!

Deep Fried Kang Kung (S - RM 10)Sad to say, the deep fried kangkung didn't really meet up to my personal expectations - as it was too 'scattered' and wasn't all that crunchy or 'solid'... and oh, to add to the disappointment - it tasted sweet too :S

This could very well be the best dish of all 4 as the chicken pieces were so tender, well marinated and flavourful, everyone just couldn't get enough of it! Especially the sauce.. MmMMmmmmMmmmmmm... goes so well with our steam rice

After a pretty long interval in between....

Stir-fried Pak Choy (小白菜) came [RM 9.80]

This was the vegie dish that Ling hand-picked - so so.. since nothing could really go wrong with a good 'ol stir fried vegetable dish!

This is a type of Szechuan dish.....How do I describe this? Sweet, sour, spicy all in one... the tofu was finely diced yet wasn't meshed or lost in bits and pieces amongst the ample minced meat.. this has got to be one of the best I had in Malaysia thus far... the gravy wasn't overly sticky nor diluted either.. triple thumbs-up!

Oh wait - did I just say that the chicken dish was my favourite? Hmm.. now I'm a bit torn....

Hell - I'm a sucker for Ma Por Tofu anytime!

And, it gets sooooo much better after this... the FINALE dish came (after what seemed like a FOREVER wait!)

Steamed Red Lion Fish (红狮) in Sweet Beanpaste Sauce [RM 41.25]

The fish was pretty big and fulla meat enough to feed all of us, but the texture wasn't so nice. One thing to note is, the sweet beanpaste sauce was a very good blend

In all, the serve time was pretty long (maybe the Sunday dinner peak hour) and what I didn't particularly liked was the fact that each of the dishes were served in too long of a wait interval in between, which made all of us having to tuck in on the same dish and nearly finishing it before the next one came (definitely a big turn-off for me!)

The fish's wait time was definitely too outrageous.... And turned out it wasn't all that fabulous as well.

I do look forward to give Xuan Xin another chance - sampling it again during not-so-peak day/hours.. and I was told they have pretty good crab porridge too...... Slurp!

They were pretty standard.. but the glasses were quite cute and catchy like big-bellied homo-sapiensComplimentary bread (2 types)

So cute! the saucer-butter combo looked like an art piece

Cheesy Fries

As Candice likes her fries so much, we always ordered fries :P

This was surprisingly good! The melted cheese went well with the fries, and not sure what was sprinkled on top of the fries though, but it sure tasted good!

Clam chowder

This was the soup recommended by the lady who attended to our order.. and apart from the nice pastry on top, the rest were just full of disappointments....

* soup was very salty* pastry was salty too* hardly any solid ingredients inside - some small fish pieces, celery slices, ONE clam, and I think that's about it* it didn't have Any seafood taste to the soup at all

Salmon Spaghetti

This was pretty Okay but nothing fabulous.. spaghetti was creamy but still on the salty side.. I didn't like the salmon at all, the smell was quite over-powering

Smoky's Signature Ribs (Pork)

We were droooling so much when this dish came - as the smoked ribs were so fragrant! I was the first to dig in and cut them up for sharing - and the meat fell off the bones so easily... they looked tender too...

A bite revealed that though the meat within were tender, tangy and succulent, sadly the same couldn't be said for those near the surface.. some were slightly burnt and pretty hard.

Nevertheless, the ribs were pretty reasonable, portion vs. price-wise, and tasted quite good in overall... what's more - they even throw in a good 'ol ladiesfinger for you too!

We made the effort to check out the washroom as well and were surprised to find that they put in effort to deco their washroom to match up with the rest of the restaurant...

.......... right down to the basin!

In all, Smoky Jack proved to be excellent and not-so-excellent in a few areas:-

Excellents:-+ Elaborate themed-deco+ Atmosphere+ Service

Not-So-Excellent:-- Food quality

Will I go back? If anyone wants to bring me there AND foot my bill - Yea :D

About Me

Once upon a time, nine best gal pals declared themselves as Nutty Eves in the virtual space, and being the *ahem* YOUNGEST of all, Cheryl is obviously in ranking #9 ^v^
Being a native Penang born and bred Nutty Eve, no good or bad food escapes the eyes of this 'makan' queen!

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